Thomas Wier

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09 September 2025 10:57

Weekly Georgian Etymology: ხილი xili 'fruit', from Old Georgian ႾႨႪႨ xili, from Zan xil- fruit, from Georgian-Zan participle *χw-il-, from *χw- envelop, enfold. Like many words for fruit, it comes from verbs of growth or development: cf Latvian auglis fruit < PIE *h₂ewg- grow.

CNN

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28 February 2025 21:19

A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office for President Trump’s sit-down with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters were barred from the high-level meeting.

George Melashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦

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25 January 2025 21:24

Tomorrow’s election in #Belarus is a complete farce - an insult to the very idea of democracy. To the fearless people of Belarus: your courage inspires us all. Dictatorship’s days are numbered. Freedom and democracy will triumph.

Jelger Groeneveld

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28 December 2024 19:42

Georgian President Zurabishvili says she will stay overnight in her office, the Orbeliani palace in Atoneli street in Tbilisi. She does so, to keep the office occupied for tomorrow, when Mikheil Kavelashvili will be inauguruted at parliament as new president. www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/33256306.h...

Reuters

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28 December 2024 19:39

President Vladimir Putin apologized to Azerbaijan's leader for what the Kremlin called a ‘tragic incident’ over Russian airspace in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed killing at least 38 onboard reut.rs/4gOqEGM